Testimony on behalf of the applicants for Eagle Hill, the proposed treatment facility for alcoholics, occupied the three-hour Planning & Zoning Commission public hearing on the facility Wednesday night, and was to resume Thursday when the second portion of the hearing convenes. The applicant, Eagle Hill Corporation, is seeking to build the proposed facility, described as a 56-bed proprietary intermediate care nursing home for the rehabilitative therapy of alcoholics, on 22,668 acres located off Alberts Hill Road. Different proposals for Eagle Hill were submitted to P&Z in 1972 and 1974.

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The problems with the Police Union and the town over contract settlement still continue this week, with no resumption of talks, and at the end of last week two more new grievances were filed by the union. One was over the fact the town, until it receives a state labor board decision, is withholding a day of pay for men who called in sick for a shift several weeks ago. Although the Board of Police Commissioners voted to give the men their pay for this day, First Selectman Frank DeLucia had the town’s negotiator Joseph Bogden file a complaint with the state board which says that the men went out sick as a “job action.” The other complaint has to do with the rescinding of an increment raise for men at the top of the scale. An increment raise was authorized by Police Board Chairman George McLachlan in July, and most of the men will be getting this. However, the ones at the top of the scale will not, because, according to Mr DeLucia and Mr Bogden, this is not according to contract.

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The blessing and dedication of the Catholic cemetery on Route 25 in Newtown is scheduled for November 1, 2 pm, according to Monsignor William A. Genuario, director of planning, administration, and development for the Diocese of Bridgeport. The 40-acre Resurrection Cemetery, begun August, 1973, is to serve Newtown and the northeast region of the Diocese of Bridgeport, which comprises all of Fairfield County.

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The Board of Directors of Newtown Housing for the Elderly Inc is conducting a “name the housing project” contest and all are invited to submit entries.

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Newtown is being guaranteed its state funds toward the building of the new elementary school on Boggs Hill Road. The funds will cover approximately 50 percent of the total $3.5 million project cost.

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A new request for a change of zone to E11-10, the zone designated for multiple family housing for the elderly, has been received by the Planning & Zoning Commission. The request has been made by AC Associates for 95.114 acres of residential land located on the northerly side of Riverside Road. It is bordered on the northest generally by Pootatuck Park. Near the property on the southerly side is Interstate 84.

SEPTEMBER 29, 1950

 Many persons – some local, some from towns in far-off sections of Connecticut, others from out-of-state – are completing last minute details on exhibits for the Danbury Fair, which begins this Saturday. They are grooming their best cattle, sheep, horses; they are selecting their choicest jellies, vegetables, flowers, fancy work, all in anticipation of winning the coveted blue ribbons at the 77th annual event, which will run for nine days through Sunday, October 8. And because thousands of spectators never seem to tire of looking at livestock and machinery, afghans and pies, it is little wonder that the exhibits grow bigger and more plentiful each year. Seventy-seven of these free shows will be available to the public this time, from 8:30 am to 6 pm daily, in celebration of the fair’s 77th anniversary. Among the perennial favorites are the Blue Ribbon Stadium and the Big Top, which house the best efforts of farmers, homemakers, and hobbyists.

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Atlasta Farm in Hopewell District, owned by the Bickfords, has just purchased four purebred Holstein-Friesian heifers to add to their herd, the purchase being made from the farm of Robert C. Mitchell and Son in Southbury.

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The week of October 16-24 has been officially proclaimed as United Nations Week, with worldwide observance planned by free communities all over the globe. The local celebration, to be held on the evening of October 24 in Edmond Town Hall gymnasium, will enlist the cooperation of every organization in Newtown. Letters are being mailed to the many civic, social, and military groups, outlining the significance of the occasion, and soliciting general support.

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The Misses Mary Hyde, Holly Wheeler, Verity Rich, and Christiana Mayer were hostesses to 40 young people at a square dance held on last Friday evening in the Alexandria Room of the Edmond Town Hall. Al Brundage and his Corn Huskers Orchestra provided the music for their guests, and refreshments were served during the evening.

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Thanks to the efforts of First Selectman A. Fenn Dickinson, who sent men and equipment to SAC Park in Sandy Hook Wednesday morning, the boys now have their flagpole installed. This, townspeople will recall, is a portion of the wooden pole that for a number of years stood as a landmark on Main Street until replaced by the present all-steel pole. Cliff Beardsley and George Bresson, using town equipment that greatly facilitated the job, installed SAC’s pole in less than an hour.

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During the last week of November, eight great Protestant interdenominational organizations will take an historic step forward toward unity when they merge to become the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. One of the constituent bodies of the new council is the United Council of Church Women, representing Protestant women in local communities in every state throughout the United States.

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Two members of the Sandy Hook Fife, Drum, and Bugle Corps of Sandy Hook were surprise medal winners last Thursday. Miss Mildred Fagan, a fifer, of Sandy Hook took first prize medal on individual fifing, and LeRoy McCarty of Newtown took second prize medal on individual fifing, at the Hudson Valley Annual Field Day, Newburg, N.Y., August 6. Miss Ann Shaw had previously received a first prize bugle medal at the same meet. The corps as a whole came home with excellent marks. Miss Joy Weisgerber, majorette and baton twirler, has also won two prizes in twirling, one at Yonkers, N.Y., and one at East Haven, where she came in right behind Barbara Thuman.

 

SEPTEMBER 25, 1925

Ex-Senator Michael J. Houlihan, who had been in failing health since May, died on Sunday at 6:15 pm, having suffered from anemia. He was 67 years old.

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C.F. Beardsley has been serving on the Grand Jury in the United State District Court in New Haven.

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The Walnut Tree Hill Special terminated its summer schedule, Sunday, without a single mishap. Plans are being laid to place an improved grade of cars on this line, next season.

SEPTEMBER 28, 1900

The officers of the Congregational Sunday School have arranged an interesting program for a review service at the hour of the usual Sunday School session on Sunday next.

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Ralph Betts is taking a long needed rest from his labors at the drug store.

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Homer Congo’s son, William, fell from an apple tree, last week, breaking his arm just above the elbow.